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Care Guide

Every SUJIPSIL skein is dyed by hand.

A little care helps your yarn, and everything you make with it, keep its color for years.

01 /General care
  1. Wash in cool or lukewarm water. Hot water can loosen dye and may cause wool to felt.
  2. Use a gentle, wool-safe wash, and test it first on a swatch (see Before You Wash a Finished Piece).
  3. Gently press out excess water (don’t wring or twist), roll the piece in a towel, then lay it flat to dry away from direct sunlight and heat.
  4. Wash hand-dyed pieces separately, especially the first few times.
02 /By fiber

Superwash and non-superwash wool

Machine washable

Superwash Wool

Machine wash separately on the most delicate cycle.

Superwash wool is treated to resist felting. Machine wash separately on the most delicate cycle in cool water, then lay flat to dry.

  • Cool water
  • Most delicate cycle, washed separately
  • Lay flat to dry · Do not tumble dry
Dry clean recommended

Non-Superwash Wool

Professional dry cleaning is recommended.

Non-superwash wool can felt with heat, agitation, and sudden changes in water temperature. Hand washing is possible, but dry cleaning is the safest way to keep the piece from felting or losing its shape.

  • If you hand wash: cool water, same temperature from wash to rinse
  • Avoid rubbing
  • Do not machine wash or tumble dry
03 /About color bleeding

Why color can come out in the wash

Why it happens

Dye attaches to fiber through chemistry, and in every dyeing a small amount of dye stays only loosely held. Our wool yarns are dyed with acid dyes, which bond to the fiber in a mildly acidic dye bath. When the wool is washed in neutral or slightly alkaline water, which includes most tap water and many detergents, some of that loosely held dye can come out.

Dark colors

Deep and dark colors are dyed with more dye, so they can release noticeably more color, especially in the first few washes.

Wool washes

Many wool washes are neutral or slightly alkaline, so using one can increase color release. This is also normal, and how much depends on the product.

Not a defect

Color in the water is a normal result of how dye and fiber interact.

It does not mean the yarn was dyed or finished incorrectly.
04 /Before you wash

Before you wash a finished piece

  1. Test a swatch. Knit or crochet a small swatch with all the colors in your project and wash it the way you plan to wash the finished piece. This also shows how your wool wash behaves with the yarn.
  2. Be careful with high contrast. When pairing deep colors with white or very light yarn, test first.
05 /Dark wool colors

Finish with a vinegar rinse

For dark wool colors, always finish with a vinegar rinse after washing.

2 tbsp
per gallon · about 4 L

Add about 2 tablespoons of white vinegar per gallon (about 4 liters) of cool water.

5 min
soak

Soak the piece for about 5 minutes.

Flat
dry

Press out the water and lay it flat to dry.

The mildly acidic water helps keep the dye on wool fibers.

06 /If your yarn bleeds
  1. Act quickly. Don’t leave a wet piece sitting or folded, where released color can settle into lighter areas.
  2. Rinse in cool water. Move the piece gently through fresh cool water and change the water until it stays clear. Keep the temperature the same between rinses.
  3. Add white vinegar. For wool, add about 2 tablespoons of white vinegar per gallon (about 4 liters) of rinse water, as in the vinegar rinse above.
  4. Use a color catcher. A color-catching sheet in the water can pick up loose dye.
  5. Dry flat right away. Press out excess water and lay the piece flat to dry.
—Need help?

If the color keeps running after several rinses, please contact us with your order number and a photo. We’re happy to help.